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Auction archive: Lot number 176

Three monographs from the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, London, and three presentation copies of early 20th century offprints of genetics papers by R.R. Gates

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US$400 - US$600
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n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 176

Three monographs from the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, London, and three presentation copies of early 20th century offprints of genetics papers by R.R. Gates

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: Three monographs from the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, London, and three presentation copies of early 20th century offprints of genetics papers by R.R. Gates Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Various sizes, original printed wrappers The three offprints by R.R. Gates are important papers by the Canadian-born geneticist who published widely in the fields of botany and eugenics. A strong opponent of interracial marriage, he argued that "races were separate species." Each offprint with rubberstamp of University College London to front wrapper, along with a few ink accession numbers. Each of the three monographs from the Francis Galton Library with the rubberstamp of the Huxley Library, London. The three monographs are: Heron, David. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. II. A First Study of the Statistics of Insanity and the Inheritance of the Insane Diathesis. 33, [1] pp. 1907. Elderton, Ethel M., assisted by Karl Pearson. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. IV. On the Measure of the Resemblance of First Cousins. 53 pp. 1907. Barrington, Amy, & Karl Pearson. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. V. A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight. [4], 61, [1] pp. 1909. The three offprints by R.R. Gates are: Hybridization and Germ Cells of Oenothera Mutants: Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory XCIII. 21 pp. Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette. volume 44, no. 1, July 1907. Inscribed "With the author's compliments" in ink on front wrapper. University of Chicago Press, 1907. The Stature and Chromosomes of Oenothera gigas, De Vries. Pp. [525]-552. Tipped-in slip noting absence of two plates due to their being lost by the engravers. Sonderabdruck aus dem "Archiv für Zallforschung" 3. Band, 4. Heft. Rubberstamp "Compliments of R.R. Gates" on front wrapper. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1909. The Material Basis of Mendelian Phenomena. Pp. 203-213. Tipped-in errata slip. Reprinted from the American Naturalist, Vol. XLIV., April, 1910. Rubberstamp "Compliments of R.R. Gates" on front wrapper. New York: 1910. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 283365

Auction archive: Lot number 176
Auction:
Datum:
31 Aug 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Three monographs from the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, London, and three presentation copies of early 20th century offprints of genetics papers by R.R. Gates Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Various sizes, original printed wrappers The three offprints by R.R. Gates are important papers by the Canadian-born geneticist who published widely in the fields of botany and eugenics. A strong opponent of interracial marriage, he argued that "races were separate species." Each offprint with rubberstamp of University College London to front wrapper, along with a few ink accession numbers. Each of the three monographs from the Francis Galton Library with the rubberstamp of the Huxley Library, London. The three monographs are: Heron, David. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. II. A First Study of the Statistics of Insanity and the Inheritance of the Insane Diathesis. 33, [1] pp. 1907. Elderton, Ethel M., assisted by Karl Pearson. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. IV. On the Measure of the Resemblance of First Cousins. 53 pp. 1907. Barrington, Amy, & Karl Pearson. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. V. A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight. [4], 61, [1] pp. 1909. The three offprints by R.R. Gates are: Hybridization and Germ Cells of Oenothera Mutants: Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory XCIII. 21 pp. Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette. volume 44, no. 1, July 1907. Inscribed "With the author's compliments" in ink on front wrapper. University of Chicago Press, 1907. The Stature and Chromosomes of Oenothera gigas, De Vries. Pp. [525]-552. Tipped-in slip noting absence of two plates due to their being lost by the engravers. Sonderabdruck aus dem "Archiv für Zallforschung" 3. Band, 4. Heft. Rubberstamp "Compliments of R.R. Gates" on front wrapper. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1909. The Material Basis of Mendelian Phenomena. Pp. 203-213. Tipped-in errata slip. Reprinted from the American Naturalist, Vol. XLIV., April, 1910. Rubberstamp "Compliments of R.R. Gates" on front wrapper. New York: 1910. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 283365

Auction archive: Lot number 176
Auction:
Datum:
31 Aug 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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